Detachable two-part yoke.



10 drawings, forming` www i CFOHN-F. O`CONNGR. OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.ASSIGNOR TO VILLIABT H. MNER. F CHAZY. New Yoan.

DETACHABLE fewo-raar "roten, i

Specification @file-titers Patent.

Patented Elec. 3. lili? l.

Application med .august 191e. serial no. 115.994.

To /c/o/n if z/zf/f/ con/ern lie'it known thatr. JOHN F. OCONNOR. acitizen of the ilnited States. reaidingr at Chicago. in the county ofCook and State of illinois. have invented a certain new and usetnl,improvement in Detachable Two- Part Yokes` of which the following' is afull. clear. concise, and exact description, reference 'being had to theaccompanying a part of this specification. c

Thin invention relates to improvements in detachable two-part yokes. i fAn ohjei-t ot the invention is to provide a two-part cast yoke which maybe readily7 attached to and detached from a standard draw har orcoupler. whether or not tho latter has a coupler key slot.

lu the drawing.toi-mingr a part oi. this;

2o Specification. Figure l in a `aide elevation of a portion of adrawhar and-yoke showing' my improveulenta` in connection therewith. Fig. 2in a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line )WQ `ofFig. l.- Fig. 3 is` a trout elevation of the yoke proper. And Fig. 1t ofthe connecting hlock. hereinafter described. In said drawing. l0 denotesing a Standard liutt provided with the nsn'al upper and lower Shoulderlland 1 2. The yoke comprise` two counter-part members l. l. each ot'which ha an upper arm 13. lower arm M, rear connectingm portion l5 andside plate lo at the t'ront. connecting the ends ot'the arms 13 andlit.' The niemhere` B, B are provided at their forward ends at the top,witha detachable intenloekingl lhinge couneitiou vt'oriued hy the hingeluga 40' 17 and i8. the-emniection heineY similar to that described inmy Patent No. '1.192221 otl July Q5. lllt. and which do not deem itnecessaryl to 'describe in detail herein. I Each-ot' the yokeniexn'hernv B. l is tnrtherdit. more provided .with a `droid-der '19.which A Shoulders are brought into alinenient when f `the yoke ineinhcrsare operatively inter locked andmei-igage with the shoulder 11 0` thedraw har hint. llach side plate i6 on ',50 the lower halt' thereot' isprovided with a t vserie` of laterally vinvtende-d 20m-2l). ilretcrahly.each series ot perforated cari; 20 compriwA three'in number. the suineheine` suitably reinforced hy the 'iange portion` 2i mit. as clearlyl`appears from more particularlv a coupler hav- -block C.

a perspective viewvv l perforated ears f transveraelv e,

Figa. l and. Q. To hold the lower parts ot the 'yoke together and alsoto engager he lower shoulder ot the draw har hatt. a con nectiug' blockC i provided. `Qhown in detail in Fig. l. The latter compriaes ahorizontal 6e section Q2, upwardly extended aide eeetions'v `23--23 anda serie ot' outwardly extended perforated ear` 2-l-2l at each end, eachsev'l` ries preferably eoniprisine three in nn1nher. to correspond tothe nnm er of ears on'the h5 Yoke part. The block C is ansenihled withthe yoke, as Shown in Figs. l and 2 and it will be seen that the blockengages the lowei shoulder of the draw' har butt rind thus prevent` thedraw har from pulling ont. To 79 retain the' hlock C in position. a pairof pins S25 i5 employed. each pin panning through the pei-foration`inthe sets of ears on the `Sides of the hood. The pins or holtS Q5 areheld in positioii by any suitaole means such as the roters 2G which arep' Sed through the perforations 9T in. the lo ears of the lly thearraneeuufntprovid-vl. it is apparent that the pin` 25 are piaci inqnintnple Si@ shear. thus providing: an nnnanally `Qtrong andeil'ect'ivle coihicction between Said hlock and the yoke. .At their rearend the yoke nieiuhers ll. l are preferahly provided with' a l ericnYot' over-lapping. pertrn'ated ears Se through which exten-elsareiuovahle holt 2f) toprevent lateral eparation of the yoke. parte atthe rear,i

fi. A. `voke otthe character described. eoin- 9o priaiunV two memherNwhich` when aseemhled. torina hood at the forward end thereof with anupper houldcr adapted to engage. the upper houiller ot a draw har huit.and a detachable. transversely extendingn hlock at the hottoin ot thehood adapted to engage the lower shoulder of a draw har hatt. and meansfor yattaching'said hlock to the yoke parts. comprising` a leeriew otover-lapping perforated ears ou the yoke parts and block. and removabledevices extending through Said earn. 2 2. A yoke of the characterdescribed, conipriaiireT two counter-part. loop shaped ineinhers. vaadmcmherhaving cooperating. terloeking hingel i'irminef inenihers at theirfront ends. Said incznhern heirng provided al-o with laterally sidedperforated ears at their tonfo. i. and a removable.

.gg block. the latter being ii to said 106 provided at each' end thereofwith a corresponding series, of perforated ears arranged to .inter-fitwith said ears on the yoke mein` bers, and vertically arranged removablepins extending. through the sets of perforated ears to thereby unite theblock with the yoke members.

3, A yoke of the character described comprising, two members arrangedSide by side longitudinally, said members having detachableinter-locking hinge joint forming portions at' their forward ends at thetop thereof, a transversely extending block at the forward end of saidmembers at the bottom thereof, and detachable means for connect ing theopposite ends of said block with the respective members and adapted toprevent lateral separation of said members at the bottom of the yoke.

In witness that I claim the foregoing vhave hereunto subscribed lny namethis 19th day of Aug., 1.916.

JOHN F. OCONNOR.

